Jimmy and Fay, Michael Mayo
Jimmy and Fay, Michael Mayo
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Jimmy and Fay
A Suspense Novel

Author: Michael Mayo

Narrator: Qarie Marshall

Unabridged: 8 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2016


Synopsis

New York City, 1933: King Kong is premiering at Radio City Music Hall, and Fay Wray is about to become the most famous actress on earth. So what's she doing hanging around a rundown Manhattan speakeasy? This Hollywood scream queen has come to see Jimmy Quinn, a limping tough guy who knows every gangster in New York-and does his best to steer clear of them all. A blackmailer has pictures of a Fay-lookalike engaged in conduct that would make King Kong blush, and Fay's movie studio wants the threat eliminated. Jimmy tries to settle the matter quietly, but stopping the extortion will cut just as deeply as Fay's famous scream, ringing from Broadway all the way to Chinatown.

About Michael Mayo

Michael Mayo has written about film for the Washington Post and the Roanoke Times. He was the host of the nationally syndicated radio programs Movie Show on Radio and Max and Mike on the Movies. He is the author of American Murder: Criminals, Crime, and the Media. His first novel, Jimmy the Stick, was published in 2012. Mayo lives in North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Benjamin on February 02, 2019

The year is 1933 and we’re on the eve of the inauguration of FDR. Jimmy the Stick is the proprietor of a thriving Speakeasy and is worried that prohibition is coming to an end. He has performed a lot of go-between jobs for the likes of Charles Luciano and Meyer Lansky so he seemed like a good choice......more

Goodreads review by Glen on March 19, 2017

This is an historical novel set in the last days of Prohibition, when King Kong is about to hit the big screen. Tough PI JImmy Quinn is hired when someone is trying to blackmail Faye Wray with pornographic pictures of a lookalike in compromising positions. Quinn is hired to break up the ring. He find......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on March 01, 2021

Another fantastic installment for Jimmy the Stick! This is a very well-written series, with exceptional period detail. For anyone unfamiliar with Jimmy - the entire series is great Prohibition Era fiction. Jimmy runs a speakeasy, and is always in the middle of solving some mystery or other, while si......more

Goodreads review by Ronald on August 09, 2016

Like the black and white movies of the early thirties, life would be nothing without the many shades of gray. There are good guys and gals and there are bad in this book, but most of the characters are varying shades of gray. The main character, Jimmy Quinn, lives his life just outside the edge of t......more

Goodreads review by Crittermom on September 20, 2016

Mobsters, starlets, crooked cops, and one momentous movie come together in Michael Mayo’s newest Jimmy Quinn mystery - Jimmy and Fay. What lover of classic movies and mystery could turn down the opportunity to meet Fay Wray, particularly as a damsel in real life distress? Jimmy Quinn certainly doesn......more